Knowledge Centre
Browse through our collection of news, perspectives and webinars to gain a deeper understanding of the Innovate UK Business Connect culture and sector intelligence.
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Young Innovators Success Stories: How Marietta’s gluten-free granola snacks hit shop shelves
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Young Innovators Success Stories: Makeup brushes that boost performance and hygiene
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Power Circle Projects: Driving Net Zero in Essex
Perspective
Sharing zero-emission HGV infrastructure: a game-changer for accelerating adoption?
Sharing charging and refuelling infrastructure for zero-emission HGVs comes with a slew of benefits for fleet operators, including cheaper and more resilient operations – but some barriers remain. This article unpacks learnings from the Zero-Emissions HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID), the UK Government’s flagship road freight decarbonisation scheme, to understand the benefits, challenges, and next steps.
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Innovate UK improves their path to funding: making it easier, faster and more inclusive
We’ve listened to your feedback and we’re changing how we deliver funding. The goal? To make the process easier to understand, quicker to complete, fairer and more accessible to businesses across the UK.
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Trilateral partnerships to drive innovation in climate-smart agriculture
Innovate UK has awarded funding to 30 projects promoting climate-smart agriculture for sustainable food production systems. The projects are all collaborations between the UK, Brazil and Ghana or Nigeria.
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Enhancing weight management support in the UK
Yesterday, the government and Lilly announced a health innovation programme of up to £85m, delivered by Innovate UK, to demonstrate new weight management pathways in the community. The UK government will contribute up to £50m in new UK-wide investment through the Obesity Healthcare Goals programme, managed by Innovate UK, with up to £35m of grant funding coming from Lilly.
Perspective
Unlocking Climate Capital: A business case framework for local authority net zero projects
A structured approach to help local authorities help local authorities prepare for the Green Book option process, ultimately supporting council to design, appraise and fund capital-intensive Net Zero investments.
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Ignite Labs: Industrial Decarbonisation
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Transforming innovation through equitable partnerships in Africa
This Innovate UK Global Alliance Africa Strategic Learning Review offers a reflective and analytical overview of the project’s progress, insights and impact to date. It draws on stakeholder experience, programme data, learnings from events, and identifies what has worked and challenges overcome throughout the duration of the project.